On Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:39 +0100 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
On 22/05/13 13:56, Chris Walker wrote:
Wild stabbing in the dark here:
I'm guessing if the external drive shows up as smb:/ then any attached printer would show up as a smb (samba) printer share. Try something that will browse samba shares (e.g. a Windows machine(!),
I have both Windows 7 and Windows XP running under VirtualBox but neither of them see the printer. I can also run Windows 7 natively and that too doesn't see the printer.
OK, that's pretty fundamental. I would suggest running Windows 7, and following the router's setup instructions to enable printing, & ensuring that you can print in windows. I've looked at the manual for a Buffalo router on-line, and it says there's a setting for enabling or disabling wireless printing, so it could be that it's just turned off, in which case you won't ever print anything.
It isn't wireless printing, it's cabled up via a USB lead.
As an aside, you may be able to, if you want to, replace the firmware of your buffalo router with a small linux installation open-wrt or similar - that will give you more flexibility over what you do, but it will also void your warranty and might not work. Don't do it unless you know the risks and you have a reason to do this!
I can install dd-wrt without breaking the warranty as it's supported. But although I've updated the firmware in the router, I haven't been tempted to install dd-wrt yet. I did have a previous Buffalo router (I bought it by mistake thinking it included a modem) and that had dd-wrt installed alongside the normal firmware but this one doesn't. I have downloaded the v24 firmware though in readiness for when I build up enough mental strength to tackle the job. I don't fancy bricking a new router!
or something like smbtree) and see if it shows up.
It doesn't. The NAS box and the local machine are all that are shown.
Yes. localhost:631 is your own computer's cups (common unix print server).
If I delete the printer and start from scratch,
For some reason I can no longer delete the printer, even from the main 'Configure Your Computer' system page.
I would expect one of these would work, but sounds again like the printer usb port of the router is off.
I've checked and the only option that's off is one for a multi-function device. The help screen says that if I'm running a normal printer it should be set to off.
To confuse matters even more, I have a couple of BT Home Hubs here which are now on ebay. But as a test to make sure I *can* print from a router, I thought about configuring one of those. Helpfully, I found a page which tells me how to do it. The HH can also serve as a backup if I manage to brick the Buffalo when installing dd-wrt! That is until it sells on ebay.
Armed with the knowledge from the web page, I logged in to the home hub and on the front page it says 'USB - Epson USB Printer'.
I'm pointing it at the address given in the web page which is 192.168.1.253 and nmap shows port 515 is open at that address.
I have just managed to print a test page from Windows 7 but even then that was at the second attempt. I put that down to Windows though as it didn't pick the correct protocol first time round.
Armed with that knowledge I have now tried to do a printer set up on this machine. It all goes well until I try to create the printer and it says 'client-error-forbidden' which is a problem I referred to above. Life was easier with a typewriter!
So I'm off to google that one now.